A review by kpeeps111
Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer

5.0

Part history of science, part chemistry, part biology, part physics, part philosophy, part ethics, part semantics, all intriguing. This book doesn’t have any answers about what “life” is or where it comes from, but it does have a series of fascinating stories about the scientists and philosophers trying to answer that question through the ages. It urged me to consider familiar stories from a different perspective regarding their implications for the meaning of life. Plus it’s all written in smooth, easy to read prose. Great science writing.